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A library loan is a fixed period of time that a customer can borrow a physical or digital item so they may read, listen to or view it outside of the library.
A few things to remember when borrowing materials:
- When possible, we'll give you a receipt that shows what you checked out and when it’s due. If a receipt isn't available, you can always sign into your account online to see what you have out.
- You’ll have to pay the cost of repairing or replacing materials that are lost or damaged while checked out on your library card.
- Regina Public Library is not responsible for any damage or loss to persons, property, or equipment sustained as a result of using or consulting RPL materials
Loan periods are different, depending on what type of materials you’re borrowing. The chart below tells you how many days an item can be borrowed for before they are due back.
Item | Loan (days) |
Art Rental | 42 |
Bike locks | 1 (in person only) |
Bike repair kits | 21 |
Birding kits | 28 |
Books | 21 |
Book Club in a Bag | 42 |
CDs | 21 |
Children's materials | 21 |
CO2 monitors | 7 |
DVDs/Blu-Rays | 14 |
Interlibrary loans | 21 |
Literacy materials | 21 |
Magazines | 7 |
Musical instruments | 21 |
Popular picks - books | 21 |
Popular picks - DVDs | 7 |
Radon kits | 21 |
RPG kits | 42 |
Spoken words | 21 |
Toys | 21 |
Video games | 28 |
RPL subscribes to a number of digital resources, some of which have their own borrowing limits and loan periods.
Materials that are labelled “Reference” cannot be borrowed. They are for in-library use only.
A total of 100 items can be checked out on your card at any time.
For some materials, there is a maximum number of items that you can have checked out at any given time:
- One (1) musical instrument can be checked out at any given time.
- A combined total of one (1) item from these groups can be checked out at any given time:
- A maximum of three (3) video games can be checked out at any given time.
- A maximum of five (5) items from these groups can be checked out at any given time:
- Art Rental
- Book Club in a Bag
- Popular picks
- Popular picks DVDs
- Toys
- A maximum of ten (10) items from Vox Books can be checked out at any given time.
- A combined total of 20 items from these groups can be check out an any given time:
- DVDs or Blu-ray
- DVD or Blu-ray TV series (set)
- Videos
- A combined total of 30 items from these groups can be checked out at any given time:
- CDs
- Spoken Word